Series III contains materials related to Schumacher’s research about the Pittsburgh Schools in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including curriculum and testing, the buildings, teachers and students, discipline methods, and records. It includes articles and publications (many of which are photocopies), bibliographies, correspondence, directories, newspaper clippings, and notes.

Subseries 1.Allegheny City, circa 1980

Scope and Content Notes:

The Allegheny City subseries contains materials related to Schumacher’s research about the Allegheny City school system in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including photocopies of primary materials and notes.

Allegheny Board Minutes- High School Program 1895-1900 (copy), undated

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Allegheny Board Minutes- Truant School 1896-1900 (copy), undated

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Allegheny City Schools, undated

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Allegheny City Board of Controllers Committee, undated

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Allegheny Teacher Salaries 1901(copy), undated

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Allegheny Ward 9 Minutes 1897- 1911 Notes, undated

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Allegheny Wards/Schools, circa 1982

Subseries 2.Articles & Photocopies, 1921-1984

Scope and Content Notes:

The Articles & Photocopies subseries contains primarily articles and publications that have been photocopied for Schumacher's research about the Pittsburgh Schools in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including its curriculum, education reform, testing, classrooms and school buidlings, statistics about teachers and students, discipline methods, and school records.

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Age of High Schools Students in 1882 (copy), undated

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1885 Alumni Annuals (copy), undated

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Arsenal Technical School, Indianapolis, IN, 1966

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1873 Attendance (copy), undated

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A Brief History of Pittsburgh by Mrs. Edward Jones, 1927

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1913-1933 Building Plans (copy), undated

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Census Literacy 1870-1969, 1970

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Census Printed 1850 (copy), undated

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Census Printed 1860 (copy), undated

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Census Printed 1880 (copy), undated

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Census Printed 1910 (copy), undated

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Census Printed 1920 (copy), undated

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Classroom Discipline by Stoops and Dunworth, 1958

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Census Printed 1940, includes 1890-1940 Table (copy), undated

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Cleveland Report 1914 (copy), undated

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Committee on Pittsburgh Archaeology and History- Thomas Baker, 1986

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David Angus Publications, 1981

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Department of Interior, “Organization of Research Bureaus in City School Systems” by Elise Martens from 1924 (copies), undated

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Detroit Public Schools Course of Study in the Use of the Library, 1928

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Digest of Educational Statistics (copy), 1973

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Education for Pittsburgh by Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1966

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Enrollment of M.T. Survey between 1889-1900 (copy), undated

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Erasmus Wilson, “Private Schools,” 1898 (copy), undated

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Eric Johnson, Delinquency Talk at Duquesne, 1977

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1905 E.Z. Smith Pittsburgh Article (copy), undated

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Family Configuration and Intelligence, Science Magazine, 1976

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50th Anniversary Newsletter, 1961 November

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“From Manual Training to Vocational Education: The Lowest Educational Track” by Carolyn Schumacher, Presented at Annual Meeting of American education research Association, 1979

The Research subseries contains materials related to Schumacher’s research about the Pittsburgh Schools in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including her research notes, correspondence, bibliographies, directories, maps, newspaper clippings, surveys, and articles related to the history of education in the region as well as national educational issues.

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African Americans and Education, 1970-1979

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Archives of Industrial Society, 1949-1981

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Bedford School Project, 1982-1983

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Bibliography on Pittsburgh Schools, 1981-1982

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Birth Rate Newspaper Clipping, 1978

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Board Resolution, 1982

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Chronology, undated

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Closed Schools between 1897-1977, circa 1980

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Closed Schools Directory, undated

Box 4

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CMU Graduate Studies Mellon College of Science, 1980-1982

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CMU History 1901-1978, undated

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Correspondence with Ileen A. DeVault (Yale History), 1981-1983

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Correspondence Journal Editors, 1979

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Crutes Notes, 1979

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Current Pittsburgh Statistics, 1978

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Diana Wood, CMU Analysis of Pittsburgh Schools, 1972

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Division of Research Inventory, 1973-1975

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Education Bibliography, undated

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Education Statistics, 1979 May

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Exam Books and Summary of Admissions notes for 1902-1911, undated

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1902-1911 Exam Tally, undated

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Fisher, Industrial Education Notes, undated

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Historical Society of Western PA, circa 1976

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History of Education Sources- England, 1978

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History of Schools Clippings, 1978-1983

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High School Attendance, undated

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Interviews with Vessely, 1977-1978

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IQ California Case, 1978

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J.J. Livingston, Newspapers and Education, undated

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Literacy, 1978

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Map of Pittsburgh Schools, circa 1940-1970

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Maps of Schools, 1969

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Mental Health, circa 1967

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Mrs. Maxine Aaron, circa 1975

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National Public School Statistics, 1973

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Newspaper Clippings, 1982

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Newspaper Clippings, 1982-1983

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Nora’s Analysis of Census 1850/1870, undated

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Normal State Schools, undated

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Notes on Current Central Admin, undated

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Notes on Entrance Exam, undated

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100 Years in Pittsburgh Public Schools, circa 1955

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Park Place News Article, 1988

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Pennsylvania State Laws, 1982

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Pennsylvania Youth Survey, 1971

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Pitt Seminar Papers Bibliography, undated

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Pittsburgh Bibliography, 1978

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Pittsburgh Ethnicity in 1860, undated

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Pittsburgh History, circa 1978-1983

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Pittsburgh History and Landmarks, 1981

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Pittsburgh Magnet Schools, 1978

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Pittsburgh Neighborhood Fair, 1976-1983

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Pittsburgh Public Schools Admin. Office Organization, 1955-1981

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Pittsburgh Public Schools Annual Report, 1983

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Pittsburgh Public School Personnel Directory, 1981-1982

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Pittsburgh Schools- Addresses and Principals, 1981-1982

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Pittsburgh School Board Reports/Minutes, undated

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Pittsburgh Schools Designated Historic Structures, 2001

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Pittsburgh Schools, National Register Application, 1985

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Pittsburgh School Population Newsclipping, 1978

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Pittsburgh Survey, undated

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Pittsburgh Townships and Boroughs, circa 1980

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Pittsburgh Wards, undated

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Population Statistics Newsclippings, 1978

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Population Statistics, Older Population, 1978

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Preliminary Checklist to the Records of the Board of Education of the city of New York, Teachers College Library Archives, Columbia University, 1978

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Pupil Records- State Law, undated

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Records Retention Schedule, 1975

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Research Bulletin Notes, 1979

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Research on Pittsburgh School Bulletins between 1908-1912, undated

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The Revisionists Revised, Politics of Education review, 1978

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Role of Education in Occupational Mobility, 1972

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Rollo Turner, Black Pittsburgh, 1974

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School Architecture Notebook, undated

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School Attendance, Peggy’s Notes, undated

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School Board, 1983

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School Buildings, undated

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School Chronology, 1982

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School Closing Schedules, 1981-1982

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School Enrollment in the U.S., 1972

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School House, Allegheny County, Greek Revival, undated

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School Prayer, Letter to Editor, 1984

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School Research Materials/Notes, circa 1976-1980

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School Statistics, 1967-1968

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Strong Notes, 1979

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A Study of School Holding Power, 1967-1968

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Vocational Education, 1979

Subseries 4.School Histories, 1975-1986

Scope and Content Notes:

The School Histories subseries contains materials related to Schumacher’s research on the history of individual schools within the Pittsburgh School system in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries including photocopies of primary materials and notes.

The Testing & Teacher Effectiveness subseries contains photocopies of primary sources, notes, articles, newspaper clippings, and publications related to Schumacher’s research about the means of testing in the Pittsburgh Public Schools in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as research about teachers' education, certification, rights, and effectiveness.